presidente
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish presidente (“president”).
Noun
presidente (plural presidentes)
- A Cuban cocktail made from rum, curaçao, dry vermouth, and grenadine that is stirred or shaken with cracked ice.
Further reading
- “presidente”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Asturian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾesiˈdente/ [pɾe.siˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: pre‧si‧den‧te
Noun
presidente m or f (plural presidentes)
Further reading
- Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “presidente”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
- “presidente”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
Basque
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish presidente.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pres̺idente/ [pre.s̺i.ð̞ẽn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ente, -e
- Hyphenation: pre‧si‧den‧te
Noun
presidente anim
- president
- Synonym: lehendakari
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | presidente | presidentea | presidenteak | presidenteok |
| ergative | presidentek | presidenteak | presidenteek | presidenteok |
| dative | presidenteri | presidenteari | presidenteei | presidenteoi |
| genitive | presidenteren | presidentearen | presidenteen | presidenteon |
| comitative | presidenterekin | presidentearekin | presidenteekin | presidenteokin |
| causative | presidenterengatik | presidentearengatik | presidenteengatik | presidenteongatik |
| benefactive | presidenterentzat | presidentearentzat | presidenteentzat | presidenteontzat |
| instrumental | presidentez | presidenteaz | presidenteez | presidenteotaz |
| innesive | presidenterengan | presidentearengan | presidenteengan | presidenteongan |
| locative | — | — | — | — |
| allative | presidenterengana | presidentearengana | presidenteengana | presidenteongana |
| terminative | presidenterenganaino | presidentearenganaino | presidenteenganaino | presidenteonganaino |
| directive | presidenterenganantz | presidentearenganantz | presidenteenganantz | presidenteonganantz |
| destinative | presidenterenganako | presidentearenganako | presidenteenganako | presidenteonganako |
| ablative | presidenterengandik | presidentearengandik | presidenteengandik | presidenteongandik |
| partitive | presidenterik | — | — | — |
| prolative | presidentetzat | — | — | — |
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish presidente, from Latin praesidēns (“presiding over; president, leader”) (accusative: praesidentem).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾesiˈdente/ [pɾ̪e.s̪ɪˈd̪in̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ente
- Hyphenation: pre‧si‧den‧te
Noun
presidénte (Badlit spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:presidente.
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾesiˈdente/ [pɾe.s̺iˈð̞en̪.t̪ɪ]
- Rhymes: -ente
- IPA(key): /pɾesiˈdɛnte/ [pɾe.s̺iˈð̞ɛn̪.t̪ɪ]
- Rhymes: -ɛnte
- Hyphenation: pre‧si‧den‧te
Noun
presidente m (plural presidentes, feminine presidenta, feminine plural presidentas)
Further reading
- “presidente”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
Italian
Etymology
From Latin praesidentem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pre.siˈdɛn.te/
Audio (il presidente): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛnte
- Hyphenation: pre‧si‧dèn‧te
Noun
presidente m or f by sense (plural presidenti, feminine presidentessa)
Derived terms
Further reading
- presidente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Ladino
Noun
presidénte
- alternative form of prezidente
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin praesidentem (“presiding over; president, leader”) (accusative: praesidentem).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾe.ziˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾe.ziˈdẽ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨ.ziˈdẽ.tɨ/ [pɾɨ.ziˈðẽ.tɨ]
Audio (Portugal (Porto)): (file) - Rhymes: (Portugal) -ẽtɨ, (most of Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi, (Southern Brazil) -ẽte
- Hyphenation: pre‧si‧den‧te
Noun
presidente m or f by sense (plural presidentes, feminine presidente or presidenta, feminine plural presidentes or presidentas)
- president
- chairman
- (Portugal) clipping of presidente da câmara
Usage notes
Presidente is most commonly 'masculine or feminine by sense'. The form presidenta tends to be used more in Brazil than in Portugal.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Macanese: pisidénte
- → Tetum: prezidente
Further reading
- “presidente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “presidente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin praesidentem (“presiding over; president, leader”) (accusative: praesidentem). Doublet of president.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾesiˈdente/ [pɾe.siˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: pre‧si‧den‧te
Noun
presidente m (plural presidentes, feminine presidenta, feminine plural presidentas)
- president
- Synonym: (broader meaning) mandatario
- 2025 July 8, Elisabeth Buchwald, “Trump anuncia nuevo arancel del 50 % a las importaciones de cobre”, in CNN en Español[1]:
- El presidente de EE.UU. Donald Trump dijo este martes que impondrá un nuevo arancel del 50 % a todo el cobre importado a Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, hasta el momento se desconoce cuándo entrará en vigor la medida.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
- Presidente may also be used in the feminine to refer to a female president, but this usage is nonstandard and less common.[1][2]
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- ^ “presidente”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN
- ^ “la presidenta, la presidente”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.
Further reading
- “presidente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish presidente.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /pɾesiˈdente/ [pɾɛ.sɪˈd̪ɛn̪.t̪ɛ]
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: pre‧si‧den‧te
Noun
presidente (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)
Related terms
- bise presidente
- presidensiya
- presidente de sala
Further reading
- “presidente”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018